Noob question, Does it has to be dual 8800 gtx to be sli enabled? or single works?

Hanzu · 01-29-2007, 12:56 PM

I cant afford dual 8800 gtx >:O , and my power supply is 1 kilowat, can 1 8800 gtx card be sli enabled?

**The_Other_One** · 01-29-2007, 02:13 PM

SLI is running TWO cards together as one. So no, you can't have SLI enabled without two cards. But regardless, I can't imagine you ever needed two 8800 GTX cards for quite some time now...

**Archangel** · 01-29-2007, 02:23 PM

unless your single card would be schizophrenic.. no, it cant run in SLI.
however, you can run a single 8800GTX in a SLI motherboard without any problems (so you could add one later on if you want to)

[-0MEGA-] · 01-29-2007, 02:30 PM

Unfortunetly no, in order to use SLI you need two video cards, but a single 8800 is SLI-Ready.

01-29-2007, 12:56 PM	#1 (permalink)
Hanzu Silver Member Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 215	Noob question, Does it has to be dual 8800 gtx to be sli enabled? or single works? I cant afford dual 8800 gtx >:O , and my power supply is 1 kilowat, can 1 8800 gtx card be sli enabled?

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